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|image=[[File:SMG2 Electric Fence Close Up.png|200px]]<br>A close-up of an electric rail in the Flip-Swap Galaxy in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|image=[[File:SMG2 Electric Fence Close Up.png|200px]]<br>A close-up of an electric rail in the Flip-Swap Galaxy in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|first_appearance=''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' ([[List of games by date#2005|2005]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Super Mario 3D All-Stars]]'' ([[List of games by date#2020|2020]])
|latest_appearance=''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'' ([[List of games by date#2022|2022]])
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'''Electric rails'''<ref>"So try and remember <span style="color:red;">how to control a bubble</span>! Just watch out for those <span style="color:blue;">electric rails</span>." ~ Phil Board in "The Electric Labyrinth", ''Super Mario Galaxy''</ref> are barriers of electrical energy that appear in the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'' franchise]].
'''Electric rails'''<ref>{{cite|quote=So try and remember {{color|red|how to control a bubble}}! Just watch out for those {{color|blue|electric rails}}.|author=Phil Board|location="[[The Electric Labyrinth]]"|title=''Super Mario Galaxy''|date=2007|language=en|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> or '''power lines'''<ref>{{cite|quote=The {{color|red|power lines}} are keeping me from helping my friend!|author=Luma|location="[[Revenge of the Topman Tribe]]"|title=''Super Mario Galaxy''|date=2007|language=en|publisher=Nintendo}}</ref> are barriers of electrical energy in the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]].
 
==History==
==History==
===''Mario Strikers'' series===
===''Mario Strikers'' series===
[[File:SuperMarioStrikers Donkey'sElectricFence.png|thumb|left|200px|An electric rail in ''Super Mario Strikers'']]
[[File:SuperMarioStrikers Donkey'sElectricFence.png|thumb|left|200px|An electric rail in ''Super Mario Strikers'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'' and ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', electric rails appear around all of the soccer fields except for Thunder Island, in which they only appear at the corners. If players get tackled into the fence, they will be shocked temporarily. The fence cannot be seen; it is transparent until players run into it. Some options allow for either electric rails to be disabled or it to shock the player if they even go near the fence.
In ''[[Super Mario Strikers]]'', ''[[Mario Strikers Charged]]'', and ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]'', electric rails appear around all of the soccer fields except for Thunder Island, in which they only appear at the corners. If players get tackled into the fence, they will be shocked temporarily. The fence cannot be seen; it is transparent until players run into it. Some options allow for either electric rails to be disabled or it to shock the player if they even go near the fence.
 
===''Mario Party'' series===
====''Mario Party 8''====
[[File:PowerTrip8.png|thumb|200px|An electric rail grid in Power Trip]]
An electric rail grid is seen underneath the main platform in [[Power Trip]], a [[minigame]] in ''[[Mario Party 8]]''.
 
====''Mario Party 9''====
An electric rail surrounds the ring in [[Bumper Sparks]], a minigame in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''.


===''Super Mario'' series===
===''Super Mario'' series===
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
====''Super Mario Galaxy''====
[[File:SMG Flipswitch Galaxy Starting Planet.png|thumb|right|200px|Electric rails in Flipswitch Galaxy]]
[[File:SMG Flipswitch Galaxy Starting Planet.png|thumb|left|Screenshot from ''Super Mario Galaxy'' of electric rails in Flipswitch Galaxy]]
Electric rails appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in the [[Flipswitch Galaxy]], [[Sweet Sweet Galaxy]], [[Battlerock Galaxy]], [[Toy Time Galaxy]], [[Sand Spiral Galaxy]], [[Dreadnought Galaxy]] and [[Bubble Blast Galaxy]], where they occasionally move horizontally throughout the galaxy and shock [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] if contact is made. They appear in green and red. There are also beams of electricity in Dreadnought Galaxy that act similarly to electric rails. If Mario and Luigi lose a life from an electric rail, he will always turn into a skeleton. This effect is also seen briefly, if the player looks closely, when Mario and Luigi take damage after hitting one. Also worth noting is that no matter which way the camera faces, the reflection on the spheres that make them up shown is always exactly the same.
Electric rails appear in ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' in [[Good Egg Galaxy]], [[Flipswitch Galaxy]], [[Sweet Sweet Galaxy]], [[Battlerock Galaxy]], [[Ghostly Galaxy]], [[Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada]], [[Toy Time Galaxy]], [[Sand Spiral Galaxy]], [[Deep Dark Galaxy]], [[Dreadnought Galaxy]] and [[Bubble Blast Galaxy]], where they occasionally move horizontally throughout the galaxy and shock [[Mario]] and [[Luigi]] if contact is made. They appear in green and red. There are also beams of electricity in Dreadnought Galaxy that act similarly to electric rails. They are used to defeat [[Spiky Topman|Spiky Topmen]] and [[Spring Topman|Spring Topmen]]. If Mario or Luigi lose a life from an electric rail, they will turn into a skeleton, but there is a small chance of staying as normal. This effect is also seen briefly, if the player looks closely, when Mario and Luigi take damage after hitting one. In some galaxies, they can be deactivated by stepping on [[Flipswitch Panel]]s, hitting a [[Spiky Topman]] with a spin attack into them, defeating it as well, or defeating an [[Undergrunt Gunner]]. No matter which way the camera faces, the reflection on the spheres that make them up shown is always exactly the same.


====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
====''New Super Mario Bros. Wii''====
[[File:NSMBW Mariocar.png|thumb|left|An electric rail in ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
[[File:NSMBW Mariocar.png|thumb|Screenshot from ''New Super Mario Bros. Wii'']]
Electric rails make one appearance in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]''. They appear in the second [[Airship|airship]] battle against [[Bowser Jr.]] The player must knock Bowser Jr. into the fence three times in order to win. However, if Mario and his friends are pushed into the rail, they will take damage.
Electric rails are found in {{world-link|6|airship|World 6-Airship (New Super Mario Bros. Wii)}} in ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'', where they are used in the second [[airship]] battle against [[Bowser Jr.]] The player must knock Bowser Jr. into the fence three times in order to win. However, if Mario and his friends are pushed into the rail, they will take damage.


====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
====''Super Mario Galaxy 2''====
[[File:SMG2 Electric Fence Screenshot.png|thumb|right|200px|Electric rails in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2'']]
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', green electric rails appear in [[Flip-Swap Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Lava Lair]], [[Space Storm Galaxy]], [[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]], [[Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker]], [[Clockwork Ruins Galaxy]], [[Bowser's Galaxy Generator]] and [[Grandmaster Galaxy]], while red ones only appear in [[Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet]]. They retain their function and effect from the previous game, but Mario will no longer turn into a skeleton if he loses a life from an electric rail.
In ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'', green electric rails appear in the [[Flip-Swap Galaxy]], [[Upside Dizzy Galaxy]], [[Space Storm Galaxy]], and [[Grandmaster Galaxy]], while red ones appear in [[Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet]]. They retain their function and effect from the previous game, but Mario will no longer turn into a skeleton if he loses a life from an electric rail.
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===''Mario Party'' series===
===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
====''Mario Party 8''====
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', a single electric rail can be found among some pendulums in [[Precarious Pendulums]].
[[File:PowerTrip8.png|thumb|left|200px|An electric rail grid in Power Trip]]
In the ''[[Mario Party 8]]'' [[minigame]] [[Power Trip]], an electric rail grid is seen underneath the main platform.
 
====''Mario Party 9''====
[[File:MP9 2-Player Bumper Sparks.png|thumb|right|200px|Electric rails in Bumper Sparks]]
In ''[[Mario Party 9]]'', an electric rail surrounds the ring in the minigame [[Bumper Sparks]].
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===''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''===
==Gallery==
In ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'', a single electric rail can be found among some pendulums in [[Precarious Pendulums]].
<gallery>
SMG2 Electric Fence Screenshot.png|Electric rails in ''Super Mario Galaxy 2''
MP9 2-Player Bumper Sparks.png|Electric rails in [[Bumper Sparks]] in ''[[Mario Party 9]]''
MSBL Luigi's Electrocution.jpg|Luigi being electrocuted in ''[[Mario Strikers: Battle League]]''{{'}}s opening cutscene
</gallery>


==Names in other languages==
==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
{{foreign names
|Jap=ビリビリレール
|Jap=ビリビリレール
|JapR=Biribirire-ru
|JapR=Biribiri rēru
|JapM=Numbness Rail
|JapM=Shocking rail
|Jap2={{ruby|電線|でんせん}}
|Jap2R=Densen
|Jap2M=Electric line
|Spa=Raíl eléctrico
|Spa=Raíl eléctrico
|SpaM=Electric rail
|SpaM=Electric rail
|Ita=Elettrorotaia<ref>''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''; pag. 137</ref>
|Ita=Elettrorotaia<ref>{{cite|date=November 15, 2018|title=''[[Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia|Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia]]''|publisher=Magazzini Salani|language=it|isbn=889367436X|page=137}}</ref>
|ItaM=Elettric-rail}}
|ItaM=Electric-rail
|Fre=Barrière électrique<ref>''Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games'', page 105</ref>
|FreM=Electric barrier
}}


==See also==
==See also==
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Latest revision as of 08:09, September 22, 2024

Electric rail
SMG2 Electric Fence Close Up.png
A close-up of an electric rail in the Flip-Swap Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy 2
First appearance Super Mario Strikers (2005)
Latest appearance Mario Strikers: Battle League (2022)

Electric rails[1] or power lines[2] are barriers of electrical energy in the Super Mario franchise.

History[edit]

Mario Strikers series[edit]

Donkey Kong on an electric rail in Super Mario Strikers.
An electric rail in Super Mario Strikers

In Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, and Mario Strikers: Battle League, electric rails appear around all of the soccer fields except for Thunder Island, in which they only appear at the corners. If players get tackled into the fence, they will be shocked temporarily. The fence cannot be seen; it is transparent until players run into it. Some options allow for either electric rails to be disabled or it to shock the player if they even go near the fence.

Mario Party series[edit]

Mario Party 8[edit]

Power Trip from Mario Party 8
An electric rail grid in Power Trip

An electric rail grid is seen underneath the main platform in Power Trip, a minigame in Mario Party 8.

Mario Party 9[edit]

An electric rail surrounds the ring in Bumper Sparks, a minigame in Mario Party 9.

Super Mario series[edit]

Super Mario Galaxy[edit]

Mario in the Flipswitch Galaxy
Screenshot from Super Mario Galaxy of electric rails in Flipswitch Galaxy

Electric rails appear in Super Mario Galaxy in Good Egg Galaxy, Flipswitch Galaxy, Sweet Sweet Galaxy, Battlerock Galaxy, Ghostly Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Airship Armada, Toy Time Galaxy, Sand Spiral Galaxy, Deep Dark Galaxy, Dreadnought Galaxy and Bubble Blast Galaxy, where they occasionally move horizontally throughout the galaxy and shock Mario and Luigi if contact is made. They appear in green and red. There are also beams of electricity in Dreadnought Galaxy that act similarly to electric rails. They are used to defeat Spiky Topmen and Spring Topmen. If Mario or Luigi lose a life from an electric rail, they will turn into a skeleton, but there is a small chance of staying as normal. This effect is also seen briefly, if the player looks closely, when Mario and Luigi take damage after hitting one. In some galaxies, they can be deactivated by stepping on Flipswitch Panels, hitting a Spiky Topman with a spin attack into them, defeating it as well, or defeating an Undergrunt Gunner. No matter which way the camera faces, the reflection on the spheres that make them up shown is always exactly the same.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii[edit]

Screenshot from New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Electric rails are found in World 6-Airship in New Super Mario Bros. Wii, where they are used in the second airship battle against Bowser Jr. The player must knock Bowser Jr. into the fence three times in order to win. However, if Mario and his friends are pushed into the rail, they will take damage.

Super Mario Galaxy 2[edit]

In Super Mario Galaxy 2, green electric rails appear in Flip-Swap Galaxy, Bowser's Lava Lair, Space Storm Galaxy, Upside Dizzy Galaxy, Bowser Jr.'s Boom Bunker, Clockwork Ruins Galaxy, Bowser's Galaxy Generator and Grandmaster Galaxy, while red ones only appear in Bowser Jr.'s Fearsome Fleet. They retain their function and effect from the previous game, but Mario will no longer turn into a skeleton if he loses a life from an electric rail.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze[edit]

In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, a single electric rail can be found among some pendulums in Precarious Pendulums.

Gallery[edit]

Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ビリビリレール[?]
Biribiri rēru
Shocking rail
電線でんせん[?]
Densen
Electric line
French Barrière électrique[4] Electric barrier
Italian Elettrorotaia[3] Electric-rail
Spanish Raíl eléctrico[?] Electric rail

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "So try and remember how to control a bubble! Just watch out for those electric rails." – Phil Board (2007). Super Mario Galaxy. "The Electric Labyrinth": Nintendo (English).
  2. ^ "The power lines are keeping me from helping my friend!" – Luma (2007). Super Mario Galaxy. "Revenge of the Topman Tribe": Nintendo (English).
  3. ^ November 15, 2018. Super Mario Bros. Enciclopedia. Magazzini Salani (Italian). ISBN 889367436X. Page 137.
  4. ^ Super Mario Galaxy, Le Guide Officiel. Prima Games, page 105